Re: AS/400 IP COMMUNICATION WAIT TIME

Dean,

The purpose of this question is to become a devil's advocate and educate
some of my colleagues.  I have made the same argument with my colleagues in
our Net support department before introducing the subject.  The points
shared in this list have been presented to people in my environment who are
comparing the Novell or NT server to the AS/400.

I thank those of you that have kept your cool on this subject.  Your input
are greatly appreciated.  In fact, I have acquired more knowledge in this
area than I had before.

Thanks again,

Oludare

----- Original Message -----
From: <DAsmussen@aol.com>
To: <BPCS-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2000 3:20 AM
Subject: Re: AS/400 IP COMMUNICATION WAIT TIME


> Dare,
>
> In a message dated 1/6/00 6:58:43 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> oludare@ix.netcom.com writes:
>
> > I ran an Interactive SQL session & a WRKACTJOB session, disconnect the
RJ45
> > from my PC Ethernet card for about 10 seconds then reconnects it back
> without
> > any network or AS/400 problem.  The SQL and my WRKACTJOB sessions were
> > active and still running.  Is the RJ45 connection at my PC different
from
> the RJ45
> > connection at the back of the AS/400 leading to all CLIENTS?
> >
> >  How & Why?  Remember, I have an ETHERNET card in the AS/400 and all
> > CLIENTS are connecting over IP.
>
> At the risk of sounding like I'm picking on you in particular, YES IT'S
> DIFFERENT!  Depending on how your timeouts are set, disconnecting your PC
for
> 10 seconds can be nothing to the AS/400 -- newer versions of OS/400 even
> allow you (user selectable) to reconnect to your original session after a
> longer period, much as SEU does to a terminated edit session.  Avoiding
the
> obvious question of why you would do this on purpose in the first place,
> pulling the RJ45 out of the back of the PC is a simple device failure --
> happens all the time due to power, hardware failures, and stupid users.
> Pulling the RJ45 out of the back of the AS/400 is considered an Ethernet
card
> failure by the box, and an extremely stupid move by everyone with
"Wetware".
> In the latter case, you have all devices failing (unusual) instead of a
> single one (common).  Just what are you trying to achieve here?
>
> HTH,
>
> Dean Asmussen
> Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
> Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
> E-mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com
>
> "The greatest joy in life is doing what others say you cannot do." --
Walter
> Bagehot
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